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The Farewell dossier

How a mole in the KGB sent secrets to France and the USA in 1981.

His codename was 'Farewell' - and the information he gave to the West helped helped to hasten the end of the Soviet Union.

Photo: Francois Mitterand and Ronald Reagan outside the White House. AFP

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